85.1% of residents of Malibu speak English at home.
6.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (64% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
6.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (80% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 1% speak English not well).
1.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (62% speak English very well, 32% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak other language at home (54% speak English very well, 46% speak English well).

Foreign born population: 1,807 (14.4%)
(56.2% of them are naturalized citizens)

Percentage of workers working in this county: 93.6%Number of people working at home: 882 (14.0% of all workers)

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 4,755 (75%)

Carpooled: 415 (7%)

Bus or trolley bus: 27 (0%)

Motorcycle: 14 (0%)

Walked: 139 (2%)

Other means: 79 (1%)

Worked at home: 882 (14%)

First ancestries reported:

Other groups: 1,694

German: 1,205

English: 1,085

Irish: 1,062

Italian: 776

Russian: 633

United States or American: 618

Polish: 428

Scottish: 310

French (except Basque): 242

Swedish: 236

Scotch-Irish: 215

European: 208

Dutch: 170

Iranian: 165

British: 155

Norwegian: 130

Austrian: 111

Canadian: 87

Greek: 85

Danish: 74

Hungarian: 66

Australian: 63

Subsaharan African:: 61

Armenian: 57

Finnish: 53

Czech: 48

Swiss: 45

Eastern European: 45

Northern European: 43

South African: 41

Celtic: 39

Yugoslavian: 38

Welsh: 37

Lithuanian: 27

Romanian: 26

Czechoslovakian: 26

Scandinavian: 24

Arab:: 24

African: 20

Israeli: 19

Portuguese: 14

Egyptian: 11

French Canadian: 11

New Zealander: 10

Turkish: 9

Bulgarian: 7

Basque: 7

Iraqi: 7

Brazilian: 7

Syrian: 6

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents (%):

11%Canada

10%United Kingdom

8%Iran

8%Germany

5%Mexico

5%Hungary

4%Australia

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 5,854

Northeast: 1,824

Midwest: 1,694

South: 657

West: 507

56% of Malibu residents lived in the same house 5 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 72% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 46% lived in California.